121 notable events from 1949 — air crashes, wars and murders. Page 1 of 2.
- Superga air disaster
May 4, 1949 · Italy · Aviation accident
- White Terror (Taiwan)
May 19, 1949–Nov 6, 1992 · Taiwan · Terrorism
- Shimoyama incident
from Jul 5, 1949 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Leningrad affair
1949–1951 · Russian Federation · Crime & justice
- Timothy Evans
Nov 30, 1949 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Exorcism of Roland Doe
1949 · United States · Science & concept
- Mitaka incident
Jul 15, 1949 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Land Reform Movement
Jun 1949–1958 · China · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1949 Armistice Agreements
1949 · War & armed conflict
- Khabarovsk war crimes trials
Dec 1, 1949 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Martial law in Taiwan
May 20, 1949–Jul 15, 1987 · Taiwan
- Matsukawa derailment
Aug 17, 1949 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Howard Unruh
Sep 6, 1949 · United States · Massacre
- Japan National Railways three major mysterious incidents
1949 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Odawara family five-person murder case
Sep 14, 1949 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Jean Spangler
Oct 7, 1949 · United States · Disappearance
- Operation Valuable
1949–1953 · Albania · War & armed conflict
- Revolt of the Admirals
1949 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Air France Flight 009
Oct 28, 1949 · Portugal · Aviation accident
- Harvey Carignan
Jul 31, 1949–Sep 20, 1974 · Attack (other)
- Mann Gulch fire
from Aug 5, 1949 · United States · Fire
- Ernesto Picchioni
Jan 1, 1949 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Amethyst incident
Apr 20, 1949–Jul 30, 1949 · China · War & armed conflict
- West New Guinea dispute
1949–1962 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- Ili Rebellion
until Dec 22, 1949 · China · War & armed conflict
- Operation Priboi
Mar 25, 1949–Mar 28, 1949 · Estonia · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Ink Flag
Mar 10, 1949 · Israel · War & armed conflict
- Green Run
Dec 2, 1949 · United States · Industrial & structural disaster
- Hirosaki incident
Aug 6, 1949 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108
Sep 9, 1949 · Canada · Bombing & explosion
- March 1949 Syrian coup d'état
Mar 29, 1949–Mar 30, 1949 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- Darul Islam rebellion
Aug 7, 1949–Sep 2, 1962 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- Peekskill riots
Aug 27, 1949 · United States · Riot & unrest
- BSAA Star Ariel disappearance
Jan 17, 1949 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- Eastern Air Lines Flight 537
Nov 1, 1949 · United States · Aviation accident
- Nadachi naval mine explosion incident
Mar 30, 1949 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Nirim affair
Aug 12, 1949–Aug 13, 1949 · Israel · Murder & homicide
- Taiping (steamer)
Jan 27, 1949 · China · Maritime disaster
- Yosan Line incident
May 9, 1949 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Mungyeong massacre
Dec 24, 1949 · South Korea · Massacre
- Soviet deportations from Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
Jul 1949 · War & armed conflict
- Aeroflot Flight 17
May 13, 1949 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 1949 Landes forest fire
Aug 19, 1949–Aug 25, 1949 · France · Fire
- 1949 Ambato earthquake
Aug 5, 1949 · Ecuador · Earthquake
- William Henry Redmond
Jan 1, 1949–Jan 1, 1987 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Thelma Taylor
Aug 5, 1949 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Durban riots
Jan 1, 1949 · South Africa · Massacre
- 1949 Lausanne Conference
1949 · Switzerland · War & armed conflict
- Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki train disaster
Oct 22, 1949 · Poland · Rail accident
- Asbestos strike
Feb 14, 1949–Jun 1949 · Canada · Riot & unrest
- India KLM Lockheed L-749 air disaster
Jul 12, 1949 · India · Aviation accident
- 1949 anti-NATO riot in Iceland
Mar 30, 1949 · Iceland · Riot & unrest
- American Airlines Flight 157
Nov 29, 1949 · United States · Aviation accident
- Fairground Park riot
Jun 21, 1949 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Disappearance of Dorothy Forstein
Oct 18, 1949 · Disappearance
- 1949–1956 Palestinian expulsions
1949–1956 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1949 Olympia earthquake
Apr 13, 1949 · United States · Earthquake
- Hurum air disaster
Nov 20, 1949 · Norway · Aviation accident
- Rengat massacre
Jan 5, 1949 · Indonesia · Massacre
- Takada doburoku incident
Apr 1949 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- 1949 Imaichi earthquakes
Dec 26, 1949 · Japan · Earthquake
- 1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquakes
Dec 17, 1949 · Argentina · Earthquake
- Standard Air Lines Flight 897R
Jul 12, 1949 · United States · Aviation accident
- December 1949 Syrian coup d'état
Dec 19, 1949 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- 1949 Enugu Colliery Massacre
Nov 18, 1949 · Nigeria · Massacre
- Palace Rebellion
Feb 1, 1949 · Thailand · War & armed conflict
- 1949 Khait earthquake
Jul 10, 1949 · Tajikistan · Earthquake
- Holland Tunnel fire
May 13, 1949 · United States · Fire
- 1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake
Aug 22, 1949 · United States · Earthquake
- August 1949 Syrian coup d'état
Aug 14, 1949 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- Fisheries case
Sep 28, 1949 · Crime & justice
- 1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident
Aug 19, 1949 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- 1949 Mexicana de Aviación DC-3 crash
Sep 26, 1949 · Mexico · Aviation accident
- Stuttgart and Möglingen rampage
May 1, 1949 · Germany · Attack (other)
- Crime of Maracon
Jun 19, 1949 · Switzerland · Crime & justice
- Melissa massacre
Oct 29, 1949 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- 1949 Port Washington mid-air collision
Jan 30, 1949 · United States · Aviation accident
- Bellolampo massacre
Aug 19, 1949 · Italy · Massacre
- Murder of Bill Mason
Jul 29, 1949 · United States · Murder & homicide
- July 13 Penghu incident
Jul 13, 1949 · Taiwan · Attack (other)
- Berberist crisis (1949)
1949–1954 · Algeria · Crisis
- 1949 Menarsha synagogue bombing
Aug 5, 1949 · Syrian Arab Republic · Murder & homicide
- Great Fires of Noshiro
Feb 20, 1949 · Japan · Fire
- 1949 Strato-Freight Curtiss C-46A crash
Jun 7, 1949 · Puerto Rico · Aviation accident
- Kabanya Mountain plane crash
Aug 27, 1949 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 1949 Exhall mid-air collision
Feb 19, 1949 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- 1949 St. Anthony's Hospital fire
Apr 4, 1949 · United States · Fire
- 1949 Queensland Airlines Lockheed Lodestar crash
Mar 10, 1949 · Australia · Aviation accident
- Englewood race riot
Nov 1, 1949 · United States · Riot & unrest
- 1949 Mughalgai raid
Jun 1, 1949 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- 1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash
Jul 2, 1949 · Australia · Aviation accident
- Tornado outbreak of January 3, 1949
Jan 3, 1949 · United States · Natural disaster
- 1949 Karlıova earthquake
Aug 17, 1949 · Türkiye · Earthquake
- Tornado outbreak of May 20–22, 1949
May 20, 1949–May 22, 1949 · United States · Natural disaster
- 1949 Sun Bowl controversy
1949 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- 1949 Hazara Rebellion
1949 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- Nachole Uprising
Jan 1, 1949–Jan 1, 1950 · Bangladesh · War & armed conflict
- 1949 Eastern Guatemalan floods
Oct 14, 1949–Oct 16, 1949 · Guatemala · Natural disaster
- 1949 Angol earthquake
Apr 20, 1949 · Chile · Earthquake
- Cardonazo
Apr 3, 1949 · Costa Rica · War & armed conflict